Kateryna Monzul
Full name | Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul | ||
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Born |
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 5 July 1981||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2011– | Ukrainian First League | Referee | |
2016– | Ukrainian Premier League | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2004– | FIFA listed | Referee |
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul (Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Монзуль; born 5 July 1981) is an Ukrainian football referee.
Biography
Monzul is 167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) tall, speaks fluent English, and has a degree in architecture and town planning from Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy.[1] She took charge of her first international match in September 2005, Finland versus Poland.[2] She refereed the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. In 2014, she was voted second in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind Bibiana Steinhaus.[3]
Monzul refereed the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which she awarded a controversial injury time penalty kick to host nation Canada who scored to beat China 1–0.[4] She refereed the final on 5 July 2015 between the United States and Japan. In 2015, she was named as the IFFHS World’s Best Woman Referee.[5]
On 3 April 2016, Monzul started working in the Ukrainian Premier League, in a match between Chornomorets Odesa and Volyn Lutsk. In doing so, she became the first female referee in the elite men´s Ukrainian football division.[6]
References
- ^ Murzina, Elena (23 January 2012). "Первая девушка-арбитр обставила мужчин" (in Russian). Sobesednik. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Kateryna MONZUL". FIFA. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2014". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Women's World Cup 2015: Controversial penalty gives Canada win". BBC Sport. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "THE WORLD's BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2015". IFFHS Official Website. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Вперше в історії матч футбольного чемпіонату України судитиме жінка ("The first time a woman will referee a match of Ukrainian Premier League")". TSN.ua. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
- Profile at footballzz.com